Run it back

We got pur transfer calls yesterday, and me and Sannemann are staying together for one more! Im super excited to stay in Sundsvall for Christmas. 

I dont have a ton of time but here's a few things that happened this week
-    Had zone conference in Umeå. I got to see Äldste Christiansen and spend the weekend with the zone. We went on a beautiful nature hike on P day.
-  Zone conference was awesome! The Lakes are the best mission presidents i could ask for. 
- We went to a recovery group with one of our friends and it was pretty cool. Everyone went around and was super open. They talked about their struggles and everyone else listened and helped them out. It was an interesting experience but definitely one i hope I remember. 
-  We drove to Ovik for in person District conference and Ovik is beautiful! It was super fun and we had to get the kabob pizza.
-  we did a lot street contacting when we could which can be hard. We try to have fun when we do it though. I was having a hard time and i said a prayer in my head and i totally got an answer! The next lady we talked to was super nice and gave me and my comp a big hug and told us how cool it is that we talk about Jesus Christ. It made my day.
-  I got to try to translate church on Sunday for one of our friends. It was hilarious to me! When i didnt understand i just made some stuff up haha. It was challenging but fun. It also helped me realize how much my swedish has grown.
- Sunday was fathers day here so shoutout dad! Love you.
-   this dude we were trying to meet kept on trying to get us to take off our missionary tags. He got mad when we told him we couldn't so we left... he was pretty creepy.

This week was awesome and im super excited to stay here for a couple more weeks. I love all of you and im sorry if i cant respond to every email but i read them all!

-Äldste Jackson Calder 


































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